It was a long flight. I can always tell by the number of inflight movies I end up watching before we touch down. This was about a three movie and one documentary trip. We spent a wonderful week in Hawaii with my parents and my brother’s family. The sky was blue. The sea was warm. […]
Category: Other Places
Regret
I didn’t know my grandmother very well. She lived half a world away in South Korea. They say she was beautiful. They say she was organised and kind. I wish I knew her better. But I ran out of time. Via the Daily Post Photo Challenge #52: Regret
The open road and a caravan
It’s a home away from home. A mini caravan you can cart across the country. For Debbie’s Six Word Saturday!
My goodness, this place is huge!
It was brilliant. Beautiful. Fascinating. We could have spent the entire day there and more. For Debbie’s Six Word Saturday
Waiting
This is an old photo. It was taken a few days before our son was due to be born. We washed his clothes and swaddling for the first time and waited for him to arrive. The Daily Post Photo Challenge #43: Waiting
Mr Chiune Sugihara and his family
If you have time today, may I urge you to read this New York Times opinion piece? It’s by author and Rabbi of Sinai Temple in Los Angeles David Wolpe. He writes of the moral courage of one man during a time when it was needed. I will sketch his story briefly below, but the full […]
Hello Brother
It’s been a day since we heard the terrible news from New Zealand. And now tonight I hear children are among the dead. I am appalled at what a senator from Queensland said in the wake of such tragedy. And utterly ashamed that he used scripture to justify his comments. Most of all I am […]
Wonder
We were driving to the top of Mt Wellington/Kunanyi. It was so cloudy we thought we would see nothing. As we headed higher, we rose above the clouds to bright sunshine and blue skies. We didn’t get to see the city below that day. The mountain treated us to a sea of white clouds instead. […]
Our brief Hong Kong visit
Hong Kong. Located east of the Pearl River estuary, they say people have been on that tiny island for more than 35,000 years. It came under Chinese control for the first time more than 2,200 years ago under the Qin Dynasty. Then came the British in the 1800s when the island was ceded to them […]
Windows
Found close to the ground in Macau. Via the Daily Post Photo Challenge #39: Windows
Korean ginseng from Tasmania
It’s called Insam in Korea. A herb so valuable they say battles have been fought over the land on which it grows. Asian ginseng has been found in Korea, northeastern China and far eastern Siberia for centuries. But, thanks to a German-born Australian, Ziggy Pyka, it is now being grown on the other side of […]
